Re: Bug#240812: RC bugs in Linux

["Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 04:43:31PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> 
> > IMHO experimental packages with needed changes should be prepaired
> > regardless the outcome of the new GR, and kept somewhere ready,
> > if the resulting vote was different from expectations, i.e. sarge
> > will be clean on the basis of the current SC. That's the only
> > way to avoid unacceptable long delays. If you want the peace, prepair
> > the war :)
> 
> Well, it think it's consensus to do the move to non-free sooner or
> later, so it's always good to put work into that move. If somebody
> volunteers, that's fine. But, I don't think it's appropriate to put
> that much emphasise on doing that _now_, where we have other problems
> (like reducing the number of kernel sources enough that we can have
> security support for sarge).
> 

That silently implies that you hopes a favourable outcome in next GR.
If it wouldn't so, we will have anyway heavy new RCs to dial with.
At least we have to collect all stuff which needs cut and be ready.
Surely removing unuseful sources is due, but that can be mainly
done with less efforts (maybe)

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Francesco P. Lovergine